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Review 1 for The Yardbirds

4/5

Terrific AGAIN!!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Fri, Jun 20, 2014 @

Favorite moment: The encore of "I'm a Man" is great again with the Go-Go dancer dressed in a Union Jack mini-skirt. @

Setlist: Same as the last show but with a few added songs. @

Opening act(s): None. @

Posted 07/05/2014

by skibum22

Location:South Shore Room, Harrahs, stateline, nv

I went to see The Yardbirds with this current lineup last August (2013) at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe because I have been a lifetime fan. So when they came back in June I had to go back. I wasn't disappointed. The band is tight without missing a beat in playing old favorites. Andy Mitchel's voice is right on. The new lead guitar Ben King is showing that he is becoming more comfortable in his role. The set could be a little longer, but I'm just being selfish. If they come around again I will definitely be first in line for tickets.

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Fri, Jun 20, 2014 @

Favorite moment: The encore of "I'm a Man" is great again with the Go-Go dancer dressed in a Union Jack mini-skirt. @

Setlist: Same as the last show but with a few added songs. @

Opening act(s): None. @

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Review 2 for The Yardbirds

5/5

The Yardbirds at the Summerfest in Milwaukee

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Favorite moment: The entire concert. @

Setlist: N/A @

Opening act(s): None @

Posted 07/05/2014

by jim4

Location:crystal lake illinois

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Two original members and three new members of the Yardbirds really put on a very good concert. Loved the harmonic solo.

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Favorite moment: The entire concert. @

Setlist: N/A @

Opening act(s): None @

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Review 3 for The Yardbirds

4/5

Yardbirds

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Posted 07/03/2014

by cshy

Location:Milwaukee

Great show, good musicians, good to hear those old songs played live.

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

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Review 4 for The Yardbirds

5/5

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Posted 07/02/2014

by Anonymous

THE YARDBIRDS WERE AWESOME. i HOPE THEY COME BACK NEXT YEAR. I KNEW THE WORDS TO EVERY SONG!!!

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

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Review 5 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Yardbirds

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Favorite moment: The whole concert @

Posted 07/01/2014

by ram1

Location:Madison, WI

This was one of the best concerts we have seen in a long time. Andy Mitchell's vocals were incredible with the Yardbirds songs and Ben King more than held his own against the Yardbirds past guitarists. Jim McCarty definitely has not lost his touch and still keeps the beat going as well as he always did.

I was sceptical waiting for this show. Afterall, They started in 1963. The two original members were in fine form the three additions, who were born 25 years, at least, after the Yardbird's debut were excellent. This was the best band I saw at Summerfest this year. If you have a chance to see the Yardbirds, I would suggest you go.

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Favorite moment: The Start @

Setlist: All the pop and blues songs you recognize. @

Opening act(s): None. @

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Review 8 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Great concert at a great venue

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Posted 07/01/2014

by sparkythefrog

The Yardbirds played well and the sound was great as usual at the best concert venue in the world. The BMO Harris Amphitheater at the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

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Review 9 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Yarbirds Raving & Raging

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Favorite moment: In Smokestack Lightnin' Topham & King created a huge slab of driving Rock. @

Setlist: Dazed & Confused, Back Where I Started (Box of Frogs days), Smokestack, I'm a Man in encore + hits, Lost Woman, etc. @

Posted 07/01/2014

by ChordBender

Location:suburban Cleveland

Packed house on its feet. 2-guitar attack on top of solid bass, hot harmonica, good singer, AND A PILE DRIVING YET TASTEFUL JIM McCARTY STILL DRUMMING IN TOP FORM. BEFORE Clapton joined in 1963 they had a great 15-year-old lead guitarist & he's back: Top Topham. HUGE driving sound. Dig Topham on YouTube (topham double chordbender). Hear pre-Zep Yardbirds version of Tangerine on YT (Knowing That I'm Losing You).

BMO Harris Pavilion @

- Milwaukee @

, WI @

- Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @

Favorite moment: In Smokestack Lightnin' Topham & King created a huge slab of driving Rock. @

Setlist: Dazed & Confused, Back Where I Started (Box of Frogs days), Smokestack, I'm a Man in encore + hits, Lost Woman, etc. @

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Review 10 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Blues Wailing Yardbirds

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Fri, Jun 20, 2014 @

Posted 06/25/2014

by 007RockLady

Location:Davis, California

I have been going to Yardbirds shows since the late 60's. I have seen enough of their incarnations to know that the Yardbirds are a classic rock/ blues band that never disappoints. That unmistakeable "train kept rollin" sound brings everyone to their feet with huge smiles on their faces. It doesn't get any better. We are so fortunate to have such a great band of this quality continue to pour themselves out to us when we are lucky enough to have them come across the pond. I will be coming to Yardbirds show as long as they keep putting them on. Plus they are just very nice folks. I am a forever fan.

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Fri, Jun 20, 2014 @

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Review 11 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Outstanding show- better than expected.

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: The encore playing I'M A Man with the 60ish go-go dancer was great!!! Very entertaining. @

Setlist: The train kept a-rollin', Over Under Sideways Dow, Shapes of Things, Heart Full of Soul, @

Opening act(s): None @

Posted 09/20/2013

by skibum22

Location:South Shore Room, Harrahs, stateline, nv

I went to the Yardbirds being a lifelong fan through all incarnations. I must say this one did not disappoint. Although I would have liked to have more of the original band members, but it understandable considering who the alumni are.(Page, Beck, Clapton!!)The current line up is great, lively and they seem to enjoy each other. The South Shore Room is a small venue which is better these days than huge arenas. The band is tight and really cooked on all the classics like Smokestack Lightning!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: The encore playing I'M A Man with the 60ish go-go dancer was great!!! Very entertaining. @

Setlist: The train kept a-rollin', Over Under Sideways Dow, Shapes of Things, Heart Full of Soul, @

Opening act(s): None @

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Review 12 for The Yardbirds

5/5

The Yardbirds at B.B.King Blues Club

B.B. King Blues Club and Grill @

- New York @

, NY @

- Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @

Favorite moment: What the guitars talked and answered back. @

Posted 09/19/2013

by marleu

Excellent musicians. They were so talented and play so well together. Harmonies were tight. You should go!

B.B. King Blues Club and Grill @

- New York @

, NY @

- Wed, Sep 11, 2013 @

Favorite moment: What the guitars talked and answered back. @

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Review 13 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Outstanding as always!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Posted 09/17/2013

by jjootbrj

Although I have seen the Yardbirds a number of times before, they amaze me each and every time! Each performance is new, as they consistently treat their audience to exciting arrangements and unbelievable energy. A mix of the most well known (For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, Dazed and Confused) and the lesser known (Calling Out For Love, The Nazz Are Blue), all were delivered with power and perfection.

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

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Review 14 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Yardbirds

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Jam session @

Posted 09/17/2013

by chercsuth

Location:So. Lake Tahoe

Awesome show......better than expected! Even with just two of the original members, all the old tunes were played perfectly!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Jam session @

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Review 15 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Yardbirds Deliver!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Posted 09/17/2013

by weendoggy

Location:Aptos, CA

Trip down memory lane. For us "older" farts, the music will take you back to your early years, but still keep you in the present. Jim McCarty hold his age well and can bang a mean set of drums. Top Topham replaced Chris Dreja on rhythm guitar and was fantastic! Along with newcomers Ben King on lead (what a show), David Smale (bass) and Andy Mitchell on vocals/misc/guitar, put on one entertaining show! Definately something to see.

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

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Review 16 for The Yardbirds

4/5

Music for young and old

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: "I'm not talking". I've always had this one in my list, but I need to revisit it. Better than ever. @

Opening act(s): Old people hobbling in to their seats. @

Posted 09/17/2013

by DonP3

Location:Carson City NV

I saw the gang about two years ago before Chris Dreja retired, and enjoyed it entirely. This time they brought Top Topham, introduced as the very first lead guitarist for the Yardbirds before his parents pulled their young son away from that rough world, and they drafted Eric to replace him.

There was a Journey concert going on across the street, so the ticket buyers for the Yardbirds were mostly my age and up, meaning 60+. Some appeared and acted as though they were still living in the 60's. Their enthusiasm was not just drug-euphoria, however, as the Yardbirds are a damn good band.

While they do all of their hits, every one has been re-energized with a modern feel. They are not doing covers of their old tunes, they are a band that has played them so long and honestly that the tunes have drifted with the current of time and still feel fresh to today's tastes.

Ben King is an outstanding and tasteful guitarist. The thing common to the well known guitarists of the Yardbirds is that they all spent a lot of time practicing, refusing to settle for just a repertoire of licks. All were, and are, intensely musical, emotive, and inventive. Ben King is in that model. He takes the well known notes, and turns them into scathing - or subtle - expressions. My date said he looks like he could be working for the Chippendales, but we'll ignore that for now.

Andy Mitchell works his butt off singing and playing a top-shelf harmonica. Again - not singing them as covers, singing as though he's telling you his own life.

Which brings us to Top Topham. I am certain most of the crowd never heard him, and wondered why he was there. Being a fan of true roots "blues" I could hear an authentic Delta Blues sound that would have been very much in keeping with the Yardbirds earliest music. He sounds as though he was channeling Hooker, with no regard for turning it up and wailing. I liked hearing what he had to play for us, but the rest of the band was wailing.

Thank you Jim McCarty for keeping your group alive, up to date, and coming out where we can hear you. Damn fine work

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: "I'm not talking". I've always had this one in my list, but I need to revisit it. Better than ever. @

Opening act(s): Old people hobbling in to their seats. @

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Review 17 for The Yardbirds

2/5

Close, but no cigar!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Over Under Side Ways Down. Shapes of Things @

Opening act(s): None @

Posted 09/17/2013

by louderthan

Location:Reno , NV

Disclaimer!!! Been a fan since the sixties. Have heard these songs in my sleep, owned all the records, followed the bands story and the musicians that have been in the band since my teens. Have been a pro musician and guitarist since the sixties. Missed the band in the day and had to see them before I died!LOVED how Jim McCarty played the other night! That he got 'His' sound on a rental drum kit with not his own house audio engineer is a rare and beautiful thing. He nailed his drum parts and drove the band to some wonderful musical peaks. The bands 'rav-up ' jam arraignments followed the recorded versions mostly dead on.That being said, guitarist Ben King failed miserably to deliver the Iconic guitar parts that are every bit as important as singing the correct lyrics or the correct melody. I must assume he thinks 'his thing' is close enough. It is not. Or that he's too good? or too bad! - to attempt to try. Jim M needs re think here and ask himself why people bother come to see the Yardbirds? The answer might be that folks want to hear the band the way they sounded in their classic years, just with better sound and lights. Heck, even Jimmy Page played Jeff Beck's' solos on those hits note for note because he understood their importance. They were good enough for Jimmy Page but not for Ben King? Really? The band I saw sounded like an average bar band, loosely covering Yardbird songs.Also, they didn't play 'Mister You're a Better Man Than I'? but played a weak version of a 2nd tier Elmore James Style Jeff Beck B side "The Nazz are Blue" .The singer did a great job fronting and singing but sounded no where original singer Keith Relf. That was not a problem for previous singer John Idan, who nailed his voice perfectly, (check the Yardbirds CD Birdland 2004) Very good harmonica playing also.New 'original' guitarist Top Topham brought nothing to the party. No stage presence, very poor tone, and seems to be able to hardly stand and play. He's helping answer the question:' how many original members are there left" question, possibly.The Yardbirds captured the hearts and minds of a generation by performing great songs, with an original British approach to the blues, using stellar musicians, and a very defined and exciting band image. Sadly, all that's left are the songs. Could have been amazing...

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Over Under Side Ways Down. Shapes of Things @

Opening act(s): None @

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Review 18 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Yardies are still flying high

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Meet n greet after the gig. They were all very personable and autographed all memorabilia and were accommodating with picture taking as well. @

Opening act(s): None @

Posted 09/17/2013

by Triplb

Location:Central Valley in California

The location was perfect. They even had a 60's style light show and there was a go go dancer!!! My brother and I brought earplugs, but didn't have to use them. It was plenty loud enough,but was not obnoxious like most concerts. They played a lot of the hits and favorites. The rave ups or jamming was incredible. The original live jam band did not disappoint. The musicians were all spot on. Ben King was phenomenal. Take Clapton, Beck and Page, put them in a blender, leave it on high for five minutes, and the result is Ben King! Top Topham even had some cool blues riffs. If he faced the audience once in a while it would have been better, but I understand this was only his fourth gig with the Yardbirds in the last fifty years, and was facing the band the make sure he had it right. Lead singer/harp player was better than he was a few years ago for sure.

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Meet n greet after the gig. They were all very personable and autographed all memorabilia and were accommodating with picture taking as well. @

Opening act(s): None @

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Review 19 for The Yardbirds

5/5

Yardbirds were phenonemal!!!

South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe @

- Stateline @

, NV @

- Sat, Sep 14, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Ben King's guitar playing. What a talent @

Posted 09/17/2013

by Monez

Location:Fresno County

The Yardbirds was an amazing show filled with some of the best guitar playing I have ever heard. Ben King sounded like Stevie Ray Vaughn..he is unbelievable. The venue was nice and it looked like everyone had a fantastic seat.The lead singer was quite talented. His voice and his drum playing were great.I would definitely attend again.